Report from Flatdal. (In Norwegian) Mens alle mine fotovenner var i Kristiansund på fotofestival, tok jeg turen til Flatdal med medbrakt musikkstudio. Et valg jeg ikke angrer på. Jobber med å få ferdig en plate før sommeren. Denne gangen et rolig chill album. Musikken skiller seg ut fra Elrox arbeidet, så det er et prosjekt som blir hetendes "Lucent Echoes". Takket være disse dagene i Flatdal er jeg straks i mål. Mye fin episk elektronika. Kan også skryte av at en av låtene til dette prosjektet gikk inn på ambient-hitlisten hos Soundclick som nr. 17. (Nr 86 på "all electronics") Dette er mye av grunnen til at jeg også vil ha ferdig dette albumet. Vedlegger noen bilder fra Flatdal. Kommer også til å legge ut en gratis download fra turen, så fort den er mixet og mastret.
Been almost one week at my favourit spot in Flatdal. Making music for my new album. Turned out to be some good stuff.
Tape the sound
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Music report - New song: Miss U
Had a really nice time in Flatdal. Almost one week doing music. Did 2 new songs. And 2 remixes of old ones. Even did a lot of singing. One of the remixes is of the song "Fume X" that we gonna make as a music video. But it needed to be shortened, and other delicious stuff. It sounds quite good now!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Artist picture of me by Helene Fjell

Awesome picture of me to be used in my music promotion. Thx to Helene. And what´s happened then... still not released any of my music. Yet. There are some unfinished business to do, and 1. album is delayed. 2 more songs have to be mixed and produced for this one. But times running fast. I think a proper release time is november. Long time to wait, but I need money and have to work for it. So summer is full and so is the autumn. I hate it, but then I hope in november I can probably release the first album.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Complete music report winter 2013
Here at last, my fully report from my music making this winter.
(As followers allready know:) I´ve spend much time in february at my friends cottage, called ”Stjernelaget.” During these days here and at home I was joined the homesite fawm.org. The idea is to make 14 songs in one month. A complete album.
Maybe the future cover...
This is about disciplin. To actually have a goal to hit. Focus and concentration. Doing what I want to do: Make music. Keep all the other distractions away. And I did it.
First of all 28 days is to little for an album. Therefore I did not a proper mix. Neither do I get the songs mastered. But to compose and do music ideas upfront, I think I did a pretty good job. I started allready in the mid. january so that was a kickstart. And I shure needed it.
All the songs that came out from this, I can take further. It sounds good, something that the comments I got, also says.
The studio
I enjoyed doing this, with all my focus on music. Drummer player Per-Helge Berg was also visiting me several times during this period. We have started our own band, called ”The Bad Band.” Here we tried to figured out what we could do together. I´m not shure if we got the answer on that, but we had a great time during our rehearsals, and we both get better playing ”live.”
Per-Helge Berg visiting me for rehearsals with our band: "The Bad Band."
All the music I made you can listen to here at this link.
Remember it is not complete finished, but I think you got the idea of where my music skills go. I am proud of playing all the stuff by myself. Only drum loops, which I think I handle with good care, is left. Really a giant leaf. And there shure is my own style on what I´m doing now. Proud of that. And keep in mind that I´m still young at this. 3 years or so now? I do think I got talent for this. At least I´m satisfied with what I am doing.
Here is the report song by song:
Memories:
This was my kickstart from january. Didn´t now by then, but I wanted to do something more to Berlin school music. Tangerine dream. I tried to keep in mind that this was my profession during the whole project.
@erikdidriksen
This is stunningly beautiful. I love the contrast of the piano against the synthesizers, and the syncopated percussion sounds that come in and out. I love the sense of space you've created with this; it's such a chill listen. Great stuff!
@kristian
oooo very jarre-esque opening... the kinda of stuff I can listen to all day
the piano was a surprise as I was expecting something more .. err.. synthy; but thats what it great about this song! it keeps you listening as it is always evolving and moving places... excellent!
Right on:
This was also from january. Not thinking style or so. The comments on this song is awesome:
@pifie
I feel I'm in an elevator in Czechoslovakia in the 90s, in a hotel where there's a gay fashion show. I'm one of the fashion designers, and I'm wearing a glittering dress. I have champagne in my hand even thou I don't like this particular one, but I smile nevertheless.
The return of a king:
Maybe the only one that doesn´t fit in. I was inspired by our rehearsals and wanted to make something prog-rock alike. Well it did, but it is the one song that not come together with all the other ones.
Order in the House:
My techno brain wanted this. Trying to reach the more melodic kind of it. Soon there.
@megsongs
House isn't normally my thing, but I actually kinda like this one... Like the synth sound you've used.
Oslofjord in Winther:
The view from "Stjernelaget" Also that who inspired me to the song: "Oslofjorden in Winther."
Back to basic again. Watching out of the window with the perfect scenery of Oslofjorden. I kind of experimental tribute to where I was and what I did see. (picture) The view from this place, the ongoing project feeling, and the total loss of time in this. I loved it. Even if the song is maybe dark and experimental, I think the mood is here anyway.
@vomvorton
Really like that lead synth, it has a cool SID chip kind of sound to it, like Vangelis let loose on a commodore 64
The percussion that comes in over the second half is really different.
Enjoyed this a lot.
The Norwegian Heritage:
Just a winther picture I took in Vikersund during this period
Playing Edvard Grieg, sort of, in the beginning. This I think a good friend of mind will do a lot better. That for the album, when I can finished it up.
Even so I got this comment on the song:
@wille
When the drums come in, I forget what I'm doing and just listen. That's the exact moment when this goes from "good" to "really,really great". This has such understated power. I have to download this and learn from it.
On the road again:
Took up the tread from my first album. Yet to be released that also. I kind of Open road part 2.
Dreamweaver:
More to experimental stuff again. Still I think my focus on melodies makes this quite good.
@donna
You got me from those first piano notes. Lovely soundscape, with pretty melodies weaving through. It's like two voices: A relaxed conversation between a light one and a dark one. Then the tone intensifies a little. Well, that's how I hear it. Very, very easy listening.
Joy:
Techno head again. But allright. Not the best, nor the worst.
The Colours of the Past Part 1 and 2:
Now I got tuned in. This is me. This is the sound that I reach to get. This is my inside music. Part 2 is where I am. And I can express it. This is my favorite. And I also think in the future the title of the album…
Aurora Borealis:
And this is way beyond my league, and I did it! Tore Stabell Kulø is playing the piano. This one I started on, for about two years ago. Tore`s playing lifted it a lot. And I think he probably would do all the piano on all my songs when the album is about to be released.
@capriciousangel
wow...
so beautiful!
i've always wanted to see the northern lights for real
but this is so evocative its like they're here in the room!
Insomnia:
I did write the text the very last day, and do the singing! Scary but fun. The first song with lyrics and vocal on. And this is a good one though. But I have to do the vocals later on. (bad microphon) And the last song about the eighties is also with vocal. I think we can forget all about that song…
Maybe the future cover...
This is about disciplin. To actually have a goal to hit. Focus and concentration. Doing what I want to do: Make music. Keep all the other distractions away. And I did it.
First of all 28 days is to little for an album. Therefore I did not a proper mix. Neither do I get the songs mastered. But to compose and do music ideas upfront, I think I did a pretty good job. I started allready in the mid. january so that was a kickstart. And I shure needed it.
All the songs that came out from this, I can take further. It sounds good, something that the comments I got, also says.
The studio
I enjoyed doing this, with all my focus on music. Drummer player Per-Helge Berg was also visiting me several times during this period. We have started our own band, called ”The Bad Band.” Here we tried to figured out what we could do together. I´m not shure if we got the answer on that, but we had a great time during our rehearsals, and we both get better playing ”live.”
Per-Helge Berg visiting me for rehearsals with our band: "The Bad Band."
All the music I made you can listen to here at this link.
Remember it is not complete finished, but I think you got the idea of where my music skills go. I am proud of playing all the stuff by myself. Only drum loops, which I think I handle with good care, is left. Really a giant leaf. And there shure is my own style on what I´m doing now. Proud of that. And keep in mind that I´m still young at this. 3 years or so now? I do think I got talent for this. At least I´m satisfied with what I am doing.
Here is the report song by song:
Memories:
This was my kickstart from january. Didn´t now by then, but I wanted to do something more to Berlin school music. Tangerine dream. I tried to keep in mind that this was my profession during the whole project.
@erikdidriksen
This is stunningly beautiful. I love the contrast of the piano against the synthesizers, and the syncopated percussion sounds that come in and out. I love the sense of space you've created with this; it's such a chill listen. Great stuff!
@kristian
oooo very jarre-esque opening... the kinda of stuff I can listen to all day
the piano was a surprise as I was expecting something more .. err.. synthy; but thats what it great about this song! it keeps you listening as it is always evolving and moving places... excellent!
Right on:
This was also from january. Not thinking style or so. The comments on this song is awesome:
@pifie
I feel I'm in an elevator in Czechoslovakia in the 90s, in a hotel where there's a gay fashion show. I'm one of the fashion designers, and I'm wearing a glittering dress. I have champagne in my hand even thou I don't like this particular one, but I smile nevertheless.
The return of a king:
Maybe the only one that doesn´t fit in. I was inspired by our rehearsals and wanted to make something prog-rock alike. Well it did, but it is the one song that not come together with all the other ones.
Order in the House:
My techno brain wanted this. Trying to reach the more melodic kind of it. Soon there.
@megsongs
House isn't normally my thing, but I actually kinda like this one... Like the synth sound you've used.
Oslofjord in Winther:
The view from "Stjernelaget" Also that who inspired me to the song: "Oslofjorden in Winther."
Back to basic again. Watching out of the window with the perfect scenery of Oslofjorden. I kind of experimental tribute to where I was and what I did see. (picture) The view from this place, the ongoing project feeling, and the total loss of time in this. I loved it. Even if the song is maybe dark and experimental, I think the mood is here anyway.
@vomvorton
Really like that lead synth, it has a cool SID chip kind of sound to it, like Vangelis let loose on a commodore 64
The percussion that comes in over the second half is really different.
Enjoyed this a lot.
The Norwegian Heritage:
Just a winther picture I took in Vikersund during this period
Playing Edvard Grieg, sort of, in the beginning. This I think a good friend of mind will do a lot better. That for the album, when I can finished it up.
Even so I got this comment on the song:
@wille
When the drums come in, I forget what I'm doing and just listen. That's the exact moment when this goes from "good" to "really,really great". This has such understated power. I have to download this and learn from it.
On the road again:
Took up the tread from my first album. Yet to be released that also. I kind of Open road part 2.
Dreamweaver:
More to experimental stuff again. Still I think my focus on melodies makes this quite good.
@donna
You got me from those first piano notes. Lovely soundscape, with pretty melodies weaving through. It's like two voices: A relaxed conversation between a light one and a dark one. Then the tone intensifies a little. Well, that's how I hear it. Very, very easy listening.
Joy:
Techno head again. But allright. Not the best, nor the worst.
The Colours of the Past Part 1 and 2:
Now I got tuned in. This is me. This is the sound that I reach to get. This is my inside music. Part 2 is where I am. And I can express it. This is my favorite. And I also think in the future the title of the album…
Aurora Borealis:
And this is way beyond my league, and I did it! Tore Stabell Kulø is playing the piano. This one I started on, for about two years ago. Tore`s playing lifted it a lot. And I think he probably would do all the piano on all my songs when the album is about to be released.
@capriciousangel
wow...
so beautiful!
i've always wanted to see the northern lights for real
but this is so evocative its like they're here in the room!
Insomnia:
I did write the text the very last day, and do the singing! Scary but fun. The first song with lyrics and vocal on. And this is a good one though. But I have to do the vocals later on. (bad microphon) And the last song about the eighties is also with vocal. I think we can forget all about that song…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Music Making :Fawm in february
Hello again to all fans. (hehe) If there is any then... Anyway I do a lot of music now in february. I participate on fawm.org The idea is to make an album during february. 14 songs in 28 days. Well, I´m good into it already. 4 songs at this point. I think it is to fast to make a complete album. Can´t do the the best in the mix. And surtenly not mastered the songs. So this is a challenge. But making melodies and arrangements is cool though.
I spend my time at a friends cottage here at Nesodden, "Stjernelaget." Taking care of a cat. ++
I have rigged up my studio here, and have a beautiful view over Oslofjorden. It´s really a nice and creative place.
After over 7 months with cash works, I can do this right now. And this really is life!
(Helene Fjell took this picyures.)
I get sometimes visit from a friend, Per-Helge Berg, and we play together. We call ourselves for "The Bad Band." Even got our own facebook page... Here we do rehearsals and try to find out if there´s anything we possible can do together. So far so good.
But most of my time now is making new material. And shure you can listen to it. Follow me now and then during this month here.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
My first concert ever!
Here is a report from my first concert ever.
I was really prepared for this with a lot of practicing and rehearsal. But still, I´ve got some shitty bad nerves when the day come. 2. June 2012. I was standing on the stage with my own material and songs.
It went well though. Seems like everybody enjoyed it. And they really do! 6 songs from my production ”live.”
”Sunshine” was the first. Some problems with one of the speaker. I´ve played on, (with one speaker) and it was away a minute or so, before it get fixed. But after all this was no big deal. I did play bass guitar on my two first songs. The second one, was a new tune I call ”Propaganda.” Then it was time to sing! Yep. First time live, and first time I tried this. Used the last month to get my voice somewhere. And it worked on both ”She would hide from me.” and ”I will travel to America” (Rewritten song/lyrics from Straight ahead) And then I played ”Here somewhere” And now people was dancing!!! What and relief. At this moment I finally relax. This was really the best part of my show. ”I played a few minutes of ”Anthom" at last. Ticking in on 30 minutes that was the limit for the concert.
So what do I think and experienced?
MORE!!!
I enjoyed it. Now I know what it is. And I really would do this again. I have to learn more about live playing and I think my vocal can be something. It`s a kind of dream come trough, and I think I can be even better. Yes I know I can.
I am so grateful that it was many of my friends there. That helped me a lot. THX to everyone. Thx also for the photos you guys send me. Thx also to Jonas Lange, who arranged ”Musikkfest Nesodden” for encouraging me to do this. (All together it was 12 band playing this day.) And also thx to Helene for filming the show. That will be used on later videos.
"She would hide from me" Live mix. Listen here.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Saturday 2. june: My concert!
Only 2 days left for my first concert ever! Little bit frightened, but mostly I´m looking forward to this. I have no idea how many hours I have spent in the basement to practice. That`s a lot! My program is ready, sort of... Some voice melody tunes is still not finished, but I will be ready in time.
I didn`t move my equipment to my parents house. The cold cellar here had to do it.
Here are the songs I´m gonna perform:
Starting up with "Sunshine" using bass guitar. Keep on playing bass on a new song that I call "Propaganda". Then I will sing on "She would hide from me". I kind of electro-rock composition.
These 3 songs have been mastered by Chris Graham in a concert version mix I send him. Sounds good!
And then one of my new favorite is coming up: "Straight ahead" with newly written lyrics. I think I have to change the name of this song because of the lyrics.
"Here somewhere" next. Also with lyrics at the end. And finally "Anthom". I have to shorten it a bit, because of the length of my 30 minutes program. But that´s OK.
This is awesome, and I looking forward to present my music for an audience for the first time. Be there if you can.
The complete program
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Coming up: My first concert ever!
(Me practicing for my first concert in the basement. Selfportrait)
The 2. june I will have my debut concert at "Musikkens dag" on "Signalen", Nesodden!
This is really outside my big comfort zone. But it`s there it happens they say... So for the next 3 weeks I have to practice each and every day. I have picked out 5 songs that I have to find a way to play LIVE. It will be, of course, major playback, but I have to do something on stage. Bass guitar, and vocal! Ohh yeah. That´s scary to think about. I am so nervous, but also excited to take part of this big arrangement with a lot of different band. I got about 30 minutes to present myself.
I made myself a rehersal-room at the basement. I thought it would be more quiet to my neighbors. But I´m really not sure if this is a good solution. I was testing this out today,(see picture) but you could hear me in the entrance of the building. Since I´m trying to sing, I really need to be all alone, and no one to hear... Yet.
I been to my parents house and they have this old store house that I maybe try instead. Moving there probably these next days. Only 3 weeks before I´m on stage for the first time in my life. Gaaaasp!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
More techno alert: Whisper

The second uploaded song today. Whisper is brand new, made in january 2012. And it´s more techno! Trance, progressive house sort of. Listen and enjoy!
Cover photos for Whisper and Lighthouse is from earlier trip to Kristiansund. I have of course done something in photoshop, but I think you get the impression of my music here.
There is something about my techno style now, that is more personal. I like the direction of my music.
This two songs: "Whisper" and "Lighthouse" can certainly be something on an album, sometimes in the future. Together with earlier favourites "Sunshine" and "Orbit". We`ll see.
Techno alert: Lighthouse

Some action now. I have done my experiements last year and really looking forward to do some progressive house, trance, technostuff. 2 songs finished. This is the first one. Started on this before christmas and finished it up today. It take`s more and more time for each new song I made. I think that maybe is a quality sign. This one`s really kicks!
So what brings the future: Really don`t know. I keep going on and making songs. I will hereafter use my real name, TS Engebretsen on everything I do. Thomsen is for insiders who know about me on this blog. Yes You! But I had a problem using so many alias. So from now on everything I do, photo, design, artwork will be signed by my real name in short. TS Engebretsen.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
No-Man music and story

You can listen to the album at the end of this post
Introduction
No-Man is a concept EP album that I have spend this year to make. (Among other stuff of course)
The music in No-Man is dark and experimental. Kind of electro rock pieces. It was a must for me to make this album. Pushing my musical skills a bit further. Away from to many fixed loops. Better trying to make and play them. Be a better musician myself. Remember it only 3 years since I started in the Garage band program. 2 years now in Logic, and it`s from here I really find this amazing.
No-Man is not necessary what my music is gonna be like, in the future. But I really had intentions and ambition in making this. To be better in all parts of music. Composing, arranging and the terrifying thing call mix. Still a lot to learn. It took time. Ive been fixing and rearranged songs all the time. To make it sounds better. To find out what to do.
No-Man is not an easy listening album. Many changes. Many different sounds. It is now a complete and fullfilled album that I´m proud of. (And it took lot of my energy, and at one moment I really think I should give it up.) The learning process was hard. An amateur, who want´s to sound profesional. This is what I can do to today. And I´m satisfied. Pushed myself to quality with some jazz influences in some parts.
I think No-Man is something you have to listen to more than once. It´s getting better as you know what`s coming up in this 7 tracks.
Even if it is instrumental, it is a story and idea behind it;
Prologue
The name No-Man first appeared in my mind in a sort of tribute to the band No-man. Steven Wilson (also Porcupine tree) and Tim Bowness music is something that really inspired me. They´re music is great to listen to, and get my creative sense open.
My No-man parts is about beiing invisible as a man. A no man.
Here´s the story behind all parts:
No-Man part 1

It began with a photo idea of people on borders. Not in flesh and blood. But as a poster, sign, graphics and so on. I was working on this music piece at the same time, and really had no idea about any directions. But the photo idea get it started.
And from that point, I decided to make a whole music story about a man beiing invisible.
As Matisse probably would say; This is not a man. This is a picture of something that look like a man.
Part 1 turned out to be a melodic sequence. I had to make loops by playing myself a lot more than earlier songs. Scary, but necessary to keep my interest for making music. I had to push my own limits.
In the middle of part 1 you can here some joyful noices. This is actually random punshing at my midi keyboard with some strange noices coming out. I never did try that again. First recording, has to be that.
No-Man part 2

This is about men in a construction place. Who are they? All this men in uniforms… Looking like aunts on a building place…
They are not individuals. They are a bunch of crowded people doing they`re work. And it ends up in a new building, rising up to the sky. Seldom it´s pretty. And there´s not one persons work. This is many constructors behind.
I´ve been watching such a building growing up from my home: ”Tangen center” just outside my window.
No-Man part 3

Actually it was a part of my ”Nesodden suite” (Working process) But I couldn`t find out, nor had an idea about where it fits in. But since the No-Man idea came up, it was clear.
I rearranged the hole song. Questions about what to be? Where to go? Sometimes you find some answers. Sometimes not. This is the part to illustrate a progress with feeling of drifting. It happens when it ment to be. A psychic way to put things around. And around again. It cut`s. It hurts. Nothing is for sure. But a road to walk with no horizon.
No-Man part 4

And this part is somewhere on that road. The walk you take. Not knowing where to put your feet. Just one step in front of the another. Never looking up. A spirit to believe there has to be something in the end. But you don`t know what it is. Just walking. Looking down.
No-Man part 5

From the quiet part 4, something happens in part 5. Fast and violet. A dance to life, where your feet is to tired to dance. But you try. Try to put your head up. What to celebrate? Is there something to it? Something about life? You wan`t to see clearly. But there`s bugs here. But it`s there. It has to be something there.
No-Man part 6

Amongst friends you find a life. This is the warmest piece in No-Man story. A place to feel identity. And the music is the quiest one in this part. A reflection. A latino guitar, brings joy. Warm days. Friendly nights. (See also a video made by Helene Fjell on my blog. This is actually our friends)
No-Man part 7

The great final. Did you find some answers? This part is inspired by some Pink Floyd-ish music. Still there is lot of searching to find an identity. But No-Man seems to come together. Not invisible anymore. But there`s is still questions to ask. What is life? What is happiness? Could it be drug? Could it be alcohol? Is there a way of living?
Maybe there is no way into life. But again; What is life? Are you invisible?
The end.

Epilog
This was the story of No-Man. But is it true? Do you have a good story to the music? Write it. A story is only a story. But we need them.
Tags: Electronic, electronica, ambient, experimental, electrorock
Download for free! Put 0 on pay field. All i ask then, is your email. Or pay something if you want to. Thanks anyway.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
"Kind of" official music video: No-Man part 6
First announced music piece of my forthcoming EP, "No-Man". Working on this "No-Man" project during this year. There`s gonna be 7 parts of No-Man. I kind of electro-rock project that brings my musical skills a bit further. This is the shortest one. Helene Fjell put some pictures together from "Sommerøya" this year. She used a pinhole camera to take this pictures of our friends (and some of me too of course.) She`s always doing a great job, and I´m so thankful. She didn´t tell me that she was doing this video, until it was finished.
The hole story about No-Man I will tell you about when it is finished.
Enjoy this so far.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Some updates

Photo collage using pictures this summer from Steilene and Andreamosaic.
Time to say something about what`s going on.
This summer is too short. That`s for shure up here in north. Have we seen the sun? I´m not shure because I`ve forgot how it looks like... Only one weekend were the sun arrived this summer...
Ok. What`s up then:
Thomsen
I´m finishing up an EP called No-man. There are 7 individual parts in this music epos. I take my own music creativity, one step further. It is not quite finished yet, but soon I hope. More experimental, but a kind of seeing how my music expression gonna turn. For me it`s important. You find everything that is finished on my music home site here! Otherwise you find many tracks and on going works on my Soundcloud site here.
Some stats from soundcloud: Listeners are mostly from Norway, 49%. US 8%, Turkey 6%, Germany and UK 4%. Lately there are more and more listeners from Turkey, 20 % the last month. Over 2000 plays on Soundcloud.
I put "Nesodden suite" on pause so far. I will finish it up, but I will use time on this. Need some nature noises and so on and maybe Helene is gonna help me with that. She just bought some really cool equipment....
Still can`t afford to publish a physical CD, but I do many new good songs now....
Also I probably will do something on digital distribution later this fall. Also because of the next project I`m working on:
NES!O
This is a compilation og Electronica music from Nesodden. I started the project and later this fall there gonna be results I hope.
You can see a lot more about Nes!o here. And I started this as a crowdfunding project with deadline september 22. So please donate! Really need all money we can get. See all details about it here: NES!O There you can see a video I`ve made about the project. Register and donate. Thank you!
RADIO
Rock Fm show Zarepta is my own program each week. Every Tuesday 23-24 at fm 100.6 or "live" streamed at rockfm.no I put some of my programs at Mixcloud. Here you also find my "JAZZMAN" program. Only one so far, but more to come when I Listen to jazz music, and got something to make a webradioprogram of. Bloomix is another program you will find here. My electronica program. (2 of them are on soundcloud though.)
Work for Money
This fall I beginn my 3rd season at Ariel foto as a designer. 3 months with hard work and long days. That will save my ass this year. I`m working in Nesodden kommune otherwise, but not enough.
PHOTO
Still I can`t find a way of living in this. I`m looking more and more towards the possibility of exhibitions with my "Lyskrydder fra naturkilden" (Lightspice from the nature source) Still trying out this old Beier camera you can see a lot of pictures in my blog beneath.
I made and agency agreement with Helene. She is the new star. This is gonna be great. Next year I hope there will be lot`s of exhibitions with here pictures. I`m working on that.
Drawings
A way of training or whatever. My "NY-Naivisme" is my own style and I relax when I do this. No ambitions what so ever.
I like my drawings, even if my mum said they are terrible!
Well, I think this is enough. (Passed 20 000 visiters on my blog this month!) You can follow me on twitter as I use twitter more like a diary, than my blog. Follow link at the top of this site.
Enjoy life everyone.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
No-Man Part 2 by Thomsen

Second part of my No-Man. Still doing some experiment on my music. Getting into much more playing and sound mixing. This is somehow a little darker than my other material. But I think I`m touching my own expression now. By the way: It´s my 2 years anniversary when I started making music in Garage band. Now it is Logic and I think I´m getting a good progression after this 2 years, never touch a instrument in my hole life before. And now I´m doing this!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thomsen updates -music and more

Here`s a big update about what`s happening.
There are several projects that is coming up and there`s also things happening right now...
First the bad news: I`ve decided to wait for the release with my CD "Tales without words" I can`t afford it at this moment. It`s a kind of sad relief actually. Because I wanted so much have the CD this spring. But money`missing. Sad to say. So I have to wait.
So I better go for making more music this year.
As you can see here there`s a new song coming up: No-Man part 1. Listen to it below. No-Man is a track that I made and didn`t have name on. So I went for a long walk, bringing the camera with me. Suddenly I got this idea about signs, and photograph them. An invisible man with a hat. No name, anonymous, no person, No-man. But it is though. Also there`s is a band called No-Man that I like. So it´s seams right to call my new song No-Man. And this part 1 is the beginning. I like the creative idea about an invisible man. I´m also more experimental into this project. Trying out some new sounds and noises. No-Man part 1 indicated for me, a new way to make music. More to a perfection. Still a way to go, but it`s cool. I`ve started up part 2.
Another project that I´m working on is "Nesodden suite". It`s ambient, art and classical influenced. I will not promote anything of this untill it`s finished!!! Yeah, that´s right. Keep the cards to my chest. But I can tell that it is about Nesodden places. (My hometown) And the first track is called "På ski over Blankemyra" Blankemyra is a place behind Røer gård that I went many times this winter on ski. 3 tracks are almost finished. But I will take my time on this project. It`s were art music and ambient meats. It`s about my feelings for Nesodden. And there`s ideas I have to do when it`s summer. (Record taking outside and so on to mix into music.) Estimated finishing time is spring 2012.
Finally I have to tell about Nes!O. This is a project that involves lot of my musician friends here at Nesodden. It´s a kind of compilation CD/digital tracks from Nesodden - Nes!O - with electronica music. From ambient, experimental to hard trance. I`ve made a promotion video that is soon to be coming up. The idea here is to start a crowd funning for this project. Working on the text to it now. More to come.
Coming up: Nordic light photofestival. Like every year I´m also going to Kristiansund this year. Helene Fjell need a little help from me to her exhibition at the festival, and of course I support her! I did the design on her art catalog, that is being printed as we speak. Also I´m looking forward to see all my photofriends.
Now it´s time to visit my mom and dad for lunch.
Thank you for following me on my blog, and remember that I am on twitter too as "Thomsen65".
Saturday, April 2, 2011
What`s up then

Here`s a little report from my work and status upgraded. My exhibition at Flasken, on Nesoddtangen is finished. 3 pictures were actually sold. Not bad. My intention for this serie "Lyskrydder" (Light spice) is to get them to "kunstforeninger" (art gallerys) in Norway.
The picture you could see on top I photed today. I was walking around to clear up my thoughts here at Nesodden at my favourite small forest around Skoklefalltjern. Still there`s winter here. But soon spring is blooming out. Looking forward to that.
Here is a statement in norwegian:
I Norge har vi 6 måneder vinter. Vår, sommer og høst må gjøres unna på de resterende 6 månedene. tse2011 (Barndomslæren om 4 like lange årstider er tull)
MUSIC - CD - THOMSEN
What now?
First of all I have to do something about my CD that Anton Jawdokimov did mix and produced for me. I really can`t afford to print up some CD´s now. So....... I think I will make a digital release allready next week. Not doing so much out of it in the first place. Trying to get some money for a physical CD. That`s what I want. I really wan`t to have a release party. That could be later anyway.
"Meanwhile" is still here on this site too listen to. As the title said: Meanwhile.
Yesterday I was at an good old friend, who just started up with composing music again. (He had a hit song in Norway at the late 80`s) Interesting to see if we can help each other out. I think so... Time will show.

(Photo from my desk at home.)
I had also started on a new really ambitious project: "Nesodden suite" I will aloud myself to be more experimental on this project. All the musical pieces is about places at my hometown, Nesodden. The first one is finished (Not mixed) and is called: "På ski over Blankemyra" (On ski across Blankemyra) The idea came up this winter on all my skitours. The second one I´m working on now, and is soon to be finished. It´s called "Tomåsen"
As I said this is more experimental stuff, and I`m not in hurry to finished this up. Not this year anyway. The project has to grow as I´m learning more.
I keep up with the good work beside of this, and there`s soon a new track coming up. It´s for the deep, dark , dance floor, with a kind of groovy bass. I think the genre on this one is drumN´bass.
Follow me on twitter, and soon theres more to come. Enjoy life everyone.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Hunter by Thomsen
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Orbit by Thomsen

Working hard these days. I have enough material for two cd-albums. One is finishing up soon, and will be the official debut Cd from me- Thomsen. This is the one that was mixed and produced by Anton Jawdokimov, during dec10-jan11. You can read all about it in this blog.
But the rest.... And the new ones.... Like this one - Orbit, I had to put them somewhere, so I decided last week that I should make another album that I mixed and produced by myself. For a digital release only. So thats why this is coming up.
And all this since I started about 14 months ago...
I´m proud of myself.
Soon to be released: 2 CD albums!!!!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Thomsen: Sunshine

Hjelp! Burde jo skaffet meg noe jobb og kroner om dagen, men i steden sitter jeg å lager musikk. Får meg ikke til å gjøre noe annet om dagen. Hjelp!!! Noen som trenger DJ, ekstrahjelp e.l. Siste låt er ihvertfall her. Jeg klarer ikke å stoppe. Musikk, musikk, musikk./
Help me. I can`t do anything but making music these days. I really should be looking for some work, and make some money. I can`t go on like this. Help! What to do? The only thing I´m thinking about is making music.
About this song:
A moody long chillout/ambient with rhytm. I did think of sunshine when I made this one. You can hear the sunshine, don`t you?
Genre is always a problem for me. Any idea what genre this one is?
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